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OASH REGISTER.

No. 467,092. Paflented Jan. 12, 1892.

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CASH REGISTER. No. 467,092. Patented Jan. 12,- 1892.

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WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES GIBBS, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE PERHACS & GIBBSMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,092, dated January12, 1892.

' Application filed June 16, 1891. Serial No, 396.?76. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: tion of the face of the machine oppositethat Be it known that I, CHARLES GIBBS, of New illustrated in Fig. 5.Fig. 8 is a view similar York city. in the county and State of New tothat illustrated in Fig. 5, the adjusting York, have invented a new anduseful Immechanism being shownin aposition to reguprovement inCash-Registers, of which the late the adjustment of the dials. Fig. 9 isa following is a full, clear, and exact descripplan view of that portionof the machine illustion. trated in Fig. 6. Fig-1O is a section taken Myinvention relates to an improvement in upon the line 10 10 of Fig. 5.Fig. '11 is a seccash-registers, and has for its object to protion takendiametrically through one of the i0 vide a machine of simple and durablecondials and the shaft by which it is carried.

' struction devoid of springs in its actuating Fig. 12 is a section of aseries of dials and a mechanism and wherein all the movementslongitudinal section of the shaft upon which are positive ones. they aremounted. Fig. 13 is a plan view of A further object of the invention isto proone of the latches employed in connection with 15 vide for anaccount of receipts in dollars and the indicating-rods. Fig. 14 is acentral seccents and to so construct the casing of the tion through thelatch, taken upon the line 14 machine that cards of information oradver- 14. of Fig. 18. Fig. 15 is a detail section showtisement maybeconveniently and quickly ing the rear end of the drawer and the spring.

displayed thereon or removed therefrom with- The frame proper of themachine consists, 20 out in the least injuring the casing or demainly,of two side pieces 10, the upper edges tracting from its appearance. ofwhich are preferably made convexed or lhe invention consists in thenovel concurved, blocks 11, secured to the inner faces struction andcombination of the several of the side pieces near the rear edgesthereof parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and extendingabove the top edges, anda se- 2 5 and pointed out in the claims. ries ofrods and bars connecting and spacing Referenceis to be had to theaccompanying the side pieces. Of the connecting rods and drawings,forming a part of this specification, bars employed a rod 12 is shown aslocated in which similar figures and letters of referat the rear lowerportion of the frame, and a ence indicate corresponding parts in all thesecond rod 13, provided with a cushioned 0 views. I cover, is locatedabove'and in advance of the Figure 1 is a perspective View of the casedlower rod. A fixed shaft 14 is secured in the machine. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section, the side pieces near their forward lower portions,section beingtaken, practically, on the line 2 2 and a connecting-rod 15is passed beneath the of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken,shaft. Another connecting-rod 16 is attached 3 5 practically, on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2, illustratto the front edges of the side pieces ofthe ing one of the keys at rest and an indicatingframe, and aconnecting-bar 17 unites the rear rod resting thereon, theindicating-block upper edges of the blocks 11. The blocks 11 thereofbeing concealed in the casing. Fig. are further connected by a bar 18,attached 4. is asection corresponding t6 thatillustrated to their uppersurfaces, and by a parallel bar 40 in Fig. 3, the key being illustratedas having 19, secured to their lower ends, and in both been manipulatedand as raising an indibars 18 and 19 a series of openings 20 isprocator-rod to display its block. Fig. 5 is an duced, the openings inthe two bars being end view of the machine, the casing being in verticalalignment. l lorizontally-aligning removed, illustrating the adjustingmechanbars 21 and 22 are fastened to the blocks 11, 5 ism employed inconnection with the regisone at each side. Aseries of horizontalsocktering-dials in its normal'position. Fig. 6 is ets 23 is bolted orotherwise secured to the a partial front elevation of the machine asfront face of the horizontal bar 21. Each shown in Fig. 5, illustratingthe connection socket contains a spring 24, as shown in Fig. of theadjusting mechanism with the regis- 14, and is'adapted to receive, also,one end of 50 tering-dials. Fig. 7 is a partial side elevaa horizontallatch 25, the opposite and forward ends of the latches being adapted toslide in and extend through openings 26, produced in the inner bar 22.

In the construction of the latches the portion entering the sockets ispreferably cylindrical. The inner end is reduced and rectangular incross-section and provided with a recess 27 in its under face, and thecentral or body portion is of greater width than either end and isprovided with an opening 28, preferably of rectangular shape, as shownin Fig.

13. Each latch is ordinarily provided with an elastic washer 29 toprevent noise when the body thereof strikes against the bar 22, and theopenings 28 of the latches are in vertical alignment with the openings20 in the bars 18 and 19. The openings in the said bars correspond innumber to the number of latches; but the latch-openings are larger thanthose in the bars.

In front of the latch guide-bars 21 and 22 a shaft 30 is looselyjournaled in the side pieces of the frame, and opposite the inner end ofeach latch a ratchet-wheel 31 is secured upon said shaft, the teeth ofthe wheels being forwardly curved. 13y revolving the shaft in thedirection of the rear of the machine a tooth of each ratchet-wheel willengage with a latch and press the same rearward against the tension ofthe latch-spring 24, and the moment the teeth'of the ratchetwheeldisengage from the latches the latter are returned by their springs totheir normal position.

A series of keys 32 is independently fulcrumed upon the fixed shaft 14,which keys extend rearward over and normally rest upon the cushioned rod13, and their forward ends project some distance beyond the front of theframe. The upper rear face of each key is formed with a fiat table 33,and their forward or outer end is provided with a knob 34 or theequivalent thereof. The ratchet-wheel shaft 30 is turned the distance ofa ratchettooth each time the inner end of a key is elevated, and this iseffected through the medium of dogs 35, attached one to each key andeach dog engaging at its upper end with the ratchet-wheel, as aratchet-wheel is provided for each key.

, An indicating-rod 3G rests upon the table of each key, and the rodsare loosely passed down through the openings 20 in the bars 18 and 19and through the openings 28 in the body of the latches. Eachindicating-rod is provided in its rear edge with a concaved recess 37,adapted when the key supporting a rod is in its normal position to belocated within the opening of the latch, through which the rod passes,as shown in Fig. 3, and each indicating-rod is further provided with anotch 38 in its rear edge below the recess 37, into which notch the rearWall of the latchrecess 28 enters when the key supporting the rod iselevated at its rear end by pressing upon its forward end, as shown inFig. 4. Vhen the notch receives the wall of the recess, the rod ismaintained in an elevated position even when the key is restored to itsnormal position, to be dropped again only when another key ismanipulated to elevate another rod in a manner to be hereinafterdescribed. Each rod has secured to its upper end a block 39, having apredetermined number produced thereon,indicatingthe price of a certainarticle.

A shaft 40 is journaled in the side pieces of the mechanism near thefront thereof and over the keys 32, back of the fulcrum of the latter.Upon the shaft a number of registering-disks A are mounted, which disksare made of metal or wood, and are held in frictional engagement withthe shaft by means of springs 41, fitted in recesses in the shaft andengaged with metal bushings or sleeves 42, fixed in the disks, as shownin Figs. 11 and 12. The friction exerted upon the disks by the springsis not sufficient to prevent them from turning upon the shaft whenmoderate force is exerted thereon; but the frictional contact issufficient to cause the disks, when not under pressure, to turn with theshaft when the latter is revolved. The disks are independent; but a pairof disks is employed to register sales of articles selling for afractional portion of a dollar or for a dollar and a fraction over.

Two pairs of disks are illustrated in Fig. 12, one pair being adapted toregister sales made of articles selling for five cents, for instance,and said pair is located over the key connecting with theindicator-block bearing such a number, in which event the next pair ofdisks is located over the key used to throw up the block bearing thenumber 10. Thus the scale of numbers designating prices is preserved, asshown in Fig. 1.

\Vhen a pair of disks is used for each key, one disk 43 is read in centsand the other disk 44 in dollars. The figures to be read are placed uponthe periphery of the disks, and if the disks are worked by the five-centkey the numbers upon the cent-disk are graded by digits of five, and thescale of numbers is preferably made to include 0 and 195, and the scaleupon the dollar-disks reads, first O and then by digits of two from andincluding 2 to 78 or a higher ora lower number. Thus when the cent-disk,starting from a given point and showing at that time the 0 makes acomplete revolution.it will disclose at the same point 195 cents, and atthe next pressure of the key the centdisk will revolve the dollar-diskand cause the latter to disclose the figure 2.

Each disk registering cents is provided with a ratchet-wheel 45 upon oneface, and the dollar-disk is provided upon the periphery at one sidewith teeth 46, and both disks of a pair are provided with a peripheralpin 47, and the pins of the disks are so placed that when they are inhorizontal alignment the 0 of each disk will be in like position withrespect to each other.

. The cent-disks 43 are revolved the distance between two numbers of thescale each time complished by attaching to said key a dog 48,.

which engages with the ratchet-wheel 45 of the disk, as shown in Figs. 3and 4. Motion is communicated to the dollar-disk of a pair when thecent-disk has made a revolution through the medium of the pin 47 of thecentdisk engaging with a pinion 49, meshing with the teeth of thedollar-disk, and one such pinion is provided for the toothed surface ofeach dollar-disk, the said pinions being free to turn upon a shaft 50,but have no end movement thereon. The shaft 50 is loosely journaled inthe sides of the frame, and said shaft is not adapted to revolve, but tohave end motion only in the frame against the tension of a spring 51,coiled around one end of the shaft, as shown in Fig. 2. The end of theshaft opposite that having the spring attached extends through the sidepieces of the frame, as shown in Fig. 10, and the spring 51 normallymaintains the shaft in such position that the pinions 49 engage with theteeth of the dollar-disks and extend sufficiently over the cent-disks topermit the pins of the latter disks to engage with the pinions, turnthem, and so communicate motion to the dollardisks.

When-it is necessary to set the dial-faces of the disks at O, whichshould be done each 1 time a full accounting of the sales is made,

- against the tension of its spring 51.

the pinions path of the pins 47 upon the cent-disks, and all of thepinions are simultaneously thus manipulated by moving the shaft 50endwise This is accomplished by the following mechanism: A shaft 52 isjournaled in the upper rear portion of the frame, the ends whereofextend beyond the side pieces 10, and angular arms B and B arerespectively secured to the extremities of the shaft. The angular arm Bcomprises a body member 53, extending diagonally downward and forward,and a foot member 54, which extends diagonally upward, as shown in Fig.7. The shaft 52 is manipulated by the opposite arm B, and itsconstruction dilfers somewhat from that of the arm B. The arm B consistsof three members 55, 56, and 57. The upper member 55 connects directlywith the shaft and is bent outward a slight distance from the outer sideface of the frame, as shown in Fig. 9, and its lower end is integralwith or secured to the intermediate member 56. The intermediate memberis somewhat Z-shaped and is much thicker than the upper member 5.5. Theupper section b of the Z member corresponds in position to the footmember 54 of the arm B, and thelower section b of the central member isprovided with a beveled inner face I) at its extremity,

as is'best shown in Fig. 10. The section B is adapted to have movementin a bracket 58, secured to the side of the frame, and its beveledsurface is adapted for engagement with 49 should be carried out of thetheprojecting end of the shaft 50, and ,by pressing the arm B downwardthe engagement between what might'be called the boltsection of the armwith the shaft 50 is'such as to force the shaft in the direction of theopposite side of the frame against the tension of its spring asufficient distance to carry each pinion 49 out of the track of each pin47 upon thecent-indicating disks. The bracket guides and limits thedownward movement of the bolt-section. The lower section 57 of the arm Bis a handle-section, and is preferably made in the shape of a crank andof spring metal, as it is provided upon its inner face with a pin 59,which, when the arm is forced downward, is to be sprung into an aperture60 in the side of the frame for the purpose of looking thearm at thelimit of its downward throw. The arms B and B have anotherfunction-namely, that of placing in position a gage-bar 6lto utilize thepins 47 of the disks and cause the dials thereon to show each a O at thepoint where said dials are read, and the action upon the bar takes placewhile the shaft 50 is being shifted. The gagebar 61 is held to slide indiagonal slots 62, produced in the sides of the frame, and the bar whenin the slots extends back of all the disks near their upper surfaces, asshown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The extremity of the gagebar extends beyondthe sides of the frame and are made thicker than the body, preferably bythe addition of plates 63, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the bar isfurther provided with a series of slots 64 in its under edgecorresponding in number to the number of dollar-disks and in location tothe location of the teeth upon said disks. The gage-bar is normally heldby a spring 65 some distance away from the disks and in engagement atits extremities with the foot member of the arm B and the upper sectionof the Z member of the arm B, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7. When the arm Bis carried downward to shift the pinions 49, the gage-bar is forceddownward against the tension of its springs, and the solid portionof thebar will at this timebe in the path of all the pinions upon thecent-indicating disks, while a slot in the bar will be opposite thetoothed portion of each dollar-indicating disk. An accounting havingbeen taken from the machine, it is set to commence another register ofsales after the arm B has been carried downward by turning thedisk-shaft 40., which is squared at one end for the reception of a key,and as the disks are held in frictional contact only with the shaft andmeet with no resistance in turning they turn with the shaft and theshaft is revolved until the pins 47 of all the disks strike against therear side of the gage-bar. As soon as a pin engages with a gage-bar thedisk to which it is attached will remain stationary. When the pins soengage,they are in alignment and the dial-face of each disk will show aO at openings 66 in a face-plate 67, through which openings the dialsare read. The plate is located at the front upper portion of the frameand extends from one side piece 10 to the other.

An arm 68 is pivoted to the inner face of each side piece 10 of theframe, near the front edge thereof and beneath the disks, and the freeends of the arms are connected by a rod 69, which rests upon the keys32. Thus a frame 0 is constructed which is elevated-each time the innerend of a key is raised.

The frame '0 has attached thereto a hammer'70, adapted to strike a bell71, attached to the lower end of a bar 72, the upper end of the barbeing pivoted upon the rear upper brace-bar 17, preferably at or nearthe center thereof. The bell is normally held in position to be struckby the hammer through the medi-umof a spring 73, attached to the pivotedbar 72 and to one of the side blocks 11. The bell may be carried out ofthe path of the hammer by drawing outward a rod 74, attached totheswinging bar carrying the bell or gong, and the said rod is adaptedto eX- tend outward through a casing to be hereinafter-described andterminates in a suitable knob 75. A curved finger 76 is pivoted to theinner face of each side piece near the lower edge, which fingers extendsome distance downward below the bottom of the frame and are connectedby a bar 77. Springs 7 S are secured to the upperbraeebars :lti'andpress against the front face of the finger-eonnecting bar 7 7, andsprings 80, secured to the dogs 48, also have a bearingagainst theframebar, the latter springs being adapted to inaintainthe dogs inengagement with t-he-disk-' ratchets 45. Upon the center of the lowerbrace-bar 12 a latch-lever 81 is pivoted, the body'of the lever beingcurved from its pivot upward over the cross-bar of the frame 0. The bodyof the lever has projected therefrom a forwardly-inclined lug 82,adapted to engage with the lower frame-bar 19 andlimit the upwardmovement of the lever, and .a latch-arm 83 is projected downward fromthe bodyof the lever, being adapted for engagement with a cash-drawer tobe hereinafter described. The frame is braced at its lower forwardportion bya rod 84 or its equivalent, which also serves as a stop forthe downward movement-of the outer ends of the keys 32.

The frame is placed within a suitablyshaped casing D, the preferred formof which is shown in Fig. 1. The casing is provided with a main bottom85 and an upper spaced auxiliary bottom 86, and upon the-latter bottomthe frame of the machine is secured. In the space intervening the twobottoms the cash-drawer S7 is located, and a spring 88, secureddiagonally at the back of the casing, as shown in Fig. 15, normallyexerts tension upon the back of the drawer, and when the drawer is freeto move the spring forces it out at the front of the casing. \Vhen thedrawer is within the casing, the latch-arm S3 of the latch-lever 81 isin engagement .with a keeper 80 at the back of the drawer, as shown inFig. 3, and the fingers 7 G are held in a rearwardly-inclined positionwhen the drawer is closed by engaging with studs 90, secured to thesides of the drawer, and when the fingers are in this position theconnecting-bar 77 is depressed sufiiciently to permit the keys to bemanipulated. Vhen the drawer is open, the fingers are forced by theirsprings to assume a vertical position, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4,and when in this latter position the connecting-bar 77 will not permitthe keys to be manipulated. Stops 91limit the rearward throw of theupper ends of the fingers. The central portion d of the casing iscylindrical, and is provided with a door d, havinga suitable lock, andwhen the door is opened the plate 67 over the dial-face of the disk isexposed to view. The base-section d of the casing extends outward at thefront beyond the central portion, and the latter portion of thecasing isprovided with a series of slots through which the keysextend. Above eachkey a plate 92 (see Figs. 1 and 8) is placed, bearing thereon the numberof dollars or the fraction of a dollar which the manipulation of thatkey is adapted to register, or the numbers may be produced directly uponthe easing or upon the knobs of the keys. The upper portion d of thecasing is preferably made rectangular in cross-section, and is providedwith a covered compartment (Z normally closed by a door (1 which ispreferably of :an ornamental character and is made to drop downward.

Upon the outer face of the door, at convenient points, clips or cleats dare placed, preferably madeof spring metal,.and the clips are adapted tohold conspicuously-exposedcards of information or advertisement. The topboard-of the upper section is provided with a longitudinal opening 93,through which the indicating-blocks 39 are-carried upward and broughtinto full view of the purchaser when the keys are :manipulated. Normallythe blocks are concealed Within the casing. The opening 93 is usuallycovered by a glass or other transparent case (Z asshown in Fig. 1, andat one side of the case a trip-plate 94 is located,'through which therod 74 passes, controllingthe position of the hell or gong, and theplate may be rocked to permit the rod to be drawn outward or pushedinward or to lock the rod in its outer or inner position, as may berequired. In one side of the casing a door 95 is made, which when openedpermits the operator to gain access to the squared end of the disk-shaft40 and the setting-arm B.

Inoperation, when a sale is made of, for instanee,:the value of fiftycents, the key over which the number 50 is produced is pressed downwardat its outer end, the inner end of the key being thereby elevated andthe rod 36, carrying the indicating-block hearing the number 50, beingalso elevated. The upward movement of the key causes a register of 50 tobe made upon the centdisk located over the key, and the ratchetwheel 30,corresponding to the key, is turned sufficiently by the dog 35 to forcethe latch 25 rearward against its spring, and the moment the key isreleased from pressure the ratchetwheel so presents itself to the latchthat the latch is released and the wall of the opening 28 enters therecess 38 in the indicating-rod, thus holding the said rod upward. Asheretofore stated, when one ratchet-wheel is turned all of them arelikewise moved. Oonsequen tly any indicating-rod that had beenpreviously elevated is tripped, as all of the latches 25 are pressedinward. The moment the key is pressed downward at its outer end theframe 0 is elevated and the hammer 7O strikes the gong 71, if the latteris in the path of the hammer. The elevation of the frame 0 also raisesthe latch-lever S1 and disengages its latch-arm 83 from the keeper 89 ofthe cash-drawer. The cash-drawer being released is forced outward by thespring 88, and when the drawer is at its full open position the arms 76are brought to a vertical position (illustrated in dotted lines in Fig.4) and the connecting-rod 77 of the arms is brought up to an engagementwith all the keys, so that none of them can be manipulated while thedrawer is open. Then the drawer is closed, the curved arms 7 6 are againcarried back to their normal position, and the key dropping permits thelatcharm 83 of the latch-lever to drop by gravity to engage with thekeeper 89 of the drawer, look ing it in its closed position, and when solocked any one of the keys may be manipulated. It is utterly impossible,however, as heretofore stated,to move any one of the keys while thedrawer is open.

The operation of setting the dial-faces of the disks has been heretoforedescribed in detail, and therefore need not be repeated.

The casing may be of any suitable material desired, and any preferredmaterial may be utilized in the construction of the various operativeparts of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a key, a shaft above thekey, two disks loosely mounted upon the shaft, one containing a scale incents and the other a scale in dollars, teeth produced upon theperiphery of the dollar-disk, and pins located upon the peripheries ofboth disks, of a laterally-shifting pinion meshing with the teeth of thedollar-disk and adapted for engagement with the pin of the cent-disk, agagebar capable of movement to and from the disk, and an actuatingmechanism connecting one disk with the key, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a key, a shaft located above the key,and disksmounted to turn upon the shaft, each provided with a peripheral pin andone disk with peripheral teeth, of a shaft capable of end movement, apinion held to revolve upon the shaft, meshing with the disk-teeth andadapted for engagement with the pin of the toothless disk, a gage-barcapable of movement to and from the disks, an arm provided with a footmember and a bolt, the said members being adapted for engagement withthe gage-bar and pinion-shaft, and an actuating mechanism connecting thekey with one of the disks, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a key, a shaft located above the key providedwith a series of recesses and springs within the recesses, and disksheld in frictional engagement with the shaft by said springs, one diskbeing provided with peripheral teeth, the other with a ratchet-wheel,and both with pins pro ecting from their peripheries, of a pinion meshing with the toothed disk and adapted for engagement with the pin of thetoothless disk, a gage-bar adapted for engagement with all of said pins,and a dog pivoted to the key and engaging with the ratchet-wheel, as andfor the purpose specified.

at. The combination, with a key-lever provided with a table at its innerend, a springactuated latch horizontally located above the key-table,and a rod resting upon the table, which rod passes through an aperturein the latch and is provided at its upper end with an indicating orsignal block and at its rear edge with a recess, of a ratchet-wheel theteeth of which engage with the latch, an operating mechanism connectingthe ratchetwheel and the key-lever, and registering-dials actuated bythe key-lever, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with a series of keylevers provided with tables attheir inner ends, and a series of rods resting one upon the table ofeach key-lever, and a series of separate and independent spring-actuated latches, through one of which each rod passes, the rods beingprovided with keepers in theirinner faces and engaging blocks or signalssecured to their upper ends, of a shaft, a series of ratchet-wheelssecured upon said shaft, one of the ratchet-Wheels engaging directly theadjacent end of each of the latches, and propelling mechanism connectedwith the keys and with the ratchets, substantially as described.

6. Thecombination,with a key-lever, a rod supported upon the inner endof the lever, a spring-actuated latch engaging with the rod, aratchet-wheel engaging with the latch, and a dog carried by the leverand connecting with the ratchet, of an alarm mechanism, a pivoted frameextending over the key-lever, and a striking-arm carried by the frameand adapted'for engagement with the alarm mechanism, as and for thepurpose set forth.

7. In a cash-register, the combination, with the frame thereof, aspring-bar pivoted to the frame, and a gong secured to the bar, of a rodattached to the bar, and a latch adapted for engagement with therod,whereby the position of the gong may be shifted as desired, asspecified.

8. The combination, with the registeringdisks havingpei'ipherally-projeoting pins, and a rotary and sliding shaft having a piniongeared to one disk and in the path of the pin of the other disk, of agage-bar normally held out of the path of the pins, and a rook-shaftprovided with arms having feet I) b to engage the gage-bar and one armhaving a section Z) to engage the end of the pinion-shaft and slide itinward to throw the pinion out of the path to of its operating-pin,substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES GIBBS. Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, O. SEDGWIOK.

